Fast Chat, a networking opportunity for designers and artists, has been postponed until an undecided date.

Robert Petersen, an art professor, and one of the organizers of Fast Chat, said the postponement was because of personal circumstances surrounding a few of the presenters.

“Personal emergencies prevented several of key participants from being able to attend,” Petersen said. “We are working on rescheduling so that we can accommodate changes in their availability.”

Fast Chat is intended for artists, designers, artisans and creators to meet, network and talk about their work in front of many different people.

During Fast Chat, a number of artists and speakers will be in the Tarble Arts Center Atrium with their work on display.

Presenters will give a seven-minute presentation discussing their work.

The presentation will be given through PechaKucha 20×20, a program that displays 20 images in 20 seconds.

This style of presenting was used last year for this particular event and will be used once again this year.

It keeps the presentations in a rapid pace and allows a number of pictures to be seen in a short amount of time.

Michael Watts, the director of Tarble, said he recommends this program for anyone who is interested in art or likes hearing artists explain their work.

“My opinion is anyone who is curious about any or all of the topics to be covered should come,” Watts said. “You don’t have to be interested in all of the presenters – each presentation only lasts about seven minutes, so you don’t really have time to be bored if there are one or two you don’t really care about.”

After all the presenters finish up, audience members will get a chance at the end to converse and talk one-on-one with the artists.

“Since the presentations are so short, there is time after the formal program for people from the audience to talk informally with whoever among the presenters you want to,” Watts said.

With the Fast Chat program being postponed, Petersen said he is speaking with Watts about which days are open to continue the program.

Alex Seidler can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].